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Drivers look for relief at the pump after B.C. ends consumer carbon tax
British Columbia drivers looked to the gas pumps Tuesday for a sign of tax relief after the early-morning approval of legislation that ended the province's consumer carbon tax after 17 years. The NDP ...
Apr 01, 2025
Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war
TORONTO - Canada's literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books. Booksellers big and small, librarie...
Apr 01, 2025
Carney promises home building program, Poilievre pitches national energy corridor
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to ...
Mar 31, 2025
U.S. arrests B.C. man, says he smuggled goods to Pakistan's atomic bomb program
SURREY, B.C. - U.S. authorities have arrested a 67-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., accusing him of smuggling banned goods to Pakistan's military and its nuclear weapons program over more than 15 years...
Mar 31, 2025
Key dates to watch this week for Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods
Uncertainty still looms for Canada in what's set to be a monumental week for U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff plan. With multiple categories of American import taxes set to take effect, some Canad...
Mar 31, 2025
Downtown office market notches slight improvement despite tariff threats
TORONTO - Canada's downtown office vacancy rate marked its first, if slight, improvement since the start of the pandemic, said a report out Monday from CBRE Group Inc. The national vacancy rate for do...
Mar 31, 2025
B.C. NDP fast-tracking end of consumer carbon tax, Eby says gas to drop 17 cents
British Columbia's government was fast-tracking the end of its consumer carbon tax on Monday, in time for the lifting of the federal equivalent the next day, with Premier David Eby saying consumers sh...
Mar 31, 2025
Europe's rearmament an 'extraordinary opportunity' for Quebec, Legault says
HANOVER - Quebec Premier Franois Legault believes Europe's rearmament presents an "extraordinary opportunity" for his province as it tries to diversify trade away from the United States. Legault told ...
Mar 30, 2025
Manitoba to look at potential outreach efforts for U.S. researchers, says Kinew
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says his government is looking at ways to recruit scientists and researchers from the United States. Discussions continued Friday with provincial and territorial ...
Mar 28, 2025
Carney says Canada aiming for 'new economic and security relationship'
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada and the United States will begin comprehensive negotiations for a "new economic and security relationship" immediately after the Canadian election following a Fr...
Mar 28, 2025 This composite image shows Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, in Kitchener, Ont. on March 26, 2025 and President Donald Trump, right, in Washington on March 26, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn/AP - Pool)
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